Winter is coming. Oh wait, no. It’s actually gone. With the heart-pumping finale of Game of Thrones last airing in August, our quest for medieval television satisfaction has come to naught in recent months. Sure, there was the odd Netflix show or two to binge on. But nothing got us on the edge of our seats like how the whims of Westeros could.
Till now, that is.
Thankfully, a new entertainment contender has risen from the Middle Ages to glue our eyes to TV screens again, and that show is Knightfall.
Following the lives of the Knights Templar; aka the elite warriors of the Crusade; aka people who you absolutely do not want to f*ck with, Knightfall is set in the years after the Fall of Acre, at a time when both the Holy Land was lost. In other words, it was a degenerate period of chaos and conquest. Just think of it as the medieval equivalent of Monopoly.
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— #Knightfall (@KnightfallShow) November 20, 2017
Of course, nobody dies in Monopoly, and instead of properties (or land), everyone has their sights on one prize and one prize only – the Holy Grail (for those of you not in the know, the Holy Grail is a vessel that was traditionally thought to be the cup that Jesus Christ drank from at the Last Supper).
And with such treasure at stake, it’s only inevitable that sh*t hits the fan. Well, in a sword-swinging way and all that.
With the Knights on a manic mission to find the lost Cup of Christ, and other significant players like the Church and the Kingdom of Philip the Fair entering the fray, will this end the Templar Order? Or will they stand tall with their prize?
There’s only one way to find out, and that’s to tune in to the debut of Knightfall on Dec 7, 9.55pm on HISTORY, Singtel TV Ch 209 and StarHub TV Ch 401.
For more information, visit historyasia.com.
Images: HISTORY Asia
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